Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	53.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 00:03
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,196 106% 897 Pts	64-Core 1,688 104% 1,688 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 8.7 5% 8.33 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 8 Splatting 12.3 9% 11 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPELKX020T8 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: VCV10352 SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 1170 1294 1235 1297 1311 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 535 Write 1,284 Mixed 748 SusWrite 1,160 213% 932 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 43.6 172% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 1,043 DQ Mixed 842 662% 905 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 219%
Blackbox Plus 2TB 401GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 227 225 66 68 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	28% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 20 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 20.9 33% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 4 337% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 35%
General USB Flash Disk 248GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 210GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 0.2 38 0.2 38 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 198 Write 74 Mixed 57 SusWrite 23.1 95% 88 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Mixed 6.6 392% 8.25 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 86 87 80 87 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 52.5 Write 75.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 76.6 92% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 216% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x31.5GB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.2 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,188x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	446x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	404x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	542x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	440x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	192x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	267x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	108x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	99x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16